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suchness

suchness noun: the natural state of a person or thing; quality; character or worth.

Noun

suchness (usually uncountable, plural suchnesses)

  1. (usually) The natural state of a person or thing; quality; character or worth.
    • The importance of which may be fully and plainly rendered thus; that since nothing in the Universe stands possessed of a Real or True Nature, i.e. doth constantly and invariately hold the precise Quale, or Suchness of their particular Entity, to Eternity; […]1654, Walter Charleton, Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana
  2. (usually) Existence per se.
    • ca. 1928, Hans Driesch, "Philosophy of Nature", in, 1928, Edward Leroy Schaub, ed., Philosophy Today: Essays on Recent Developments in the Field of Philosophy, page 431,
      The same relation may prevail between the suchness of willing in men and the realization of that willing.
    • Without any apparent regard for the suchness of her environment, she sat down.1955, J. D. Salinger, "Franny", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 22
    Synonyms:
    tathata, thusness

suchness meaning in Vietnamese

suchness in Vietnamese

existence per se
chân như

Synonyms of suchness

Forms of suchness

pluralsuchnesses

Origin of suchness

From English dialect, from Middle English swichnesse (“the quality or nature of a thing”), from Old English swilċnes (“quality”), equivalent to such + -ness. Reinforced also as a calque of Sanskrit तथाता (tathātā).

Questions about suchness

What does suchness mean?
Suchness means the natural state of a person or thing; quality; character or worth.
What is suchness in Vietnamese?
Suchness in Vietnamese is chân như. See Suchness meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is suchness?
Suchness is a noun.
What is the plural of suchness?
The plural of suchness is suchnesses.

Words near suchness in the dictionary

  1. Suchitoto
  2. Suchitra
  3. suchlike
  4. suchlikes
  5. suchly
  6. suchness
  7. suchnesses
  8. Suchocki
  9. Suchockis
  10. suchomimus
  11. suchomimuses

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